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Using Gossips to Spread Information: Theory and Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials

Using Gossips to Spread Information: Theory and Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials

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Using Gossips to Spread Information: Theory and Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials

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Full title

Using Gossips to Spread Information: Theory and Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal title

The Review of economic studies, 2019-11, Vol.86 (6 (311)), p.2453-2490

Language

English

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Oxford University Press

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Contents

Can we identify highly central individuals in a network without collecting network data, simply by asking community members? Can seeding information via such nominated individuals lead to significantly wider diffusion than via randomly chosen people, or even respected ones? In two separate large field experiments in India, we answer both questions...

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Using Gossips to Spread Information: Theory and Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials

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TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1093_restud_rdz008

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1093_restud_rdz008

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ISSN

0034-6527

E-ISSN

1467-937X

DOI

10.1093/restud/rdz008

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